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U.S. and British Warships Anchored in Sagami Wan, Outside of Tokyo Bay, Japan, on the Day the Allied Ships Entered Japanese Waters

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Artistfor the U.S. Navy Photographic Team

CultureAmerican

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U.S. and British Warships Anchored in Sagami Wan, Outside of Tokyo Bay, Japan, on the Day the Allied Ships Entered Japanese Waters

DateAugust 27, 1945

Place depictedHonshu Island, Japan

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 × 13 7/16 in. (26.8 × 34.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Laura and Tony Visage in honor and memory of William A. Visage and his fellow soldiers in Battery "E" of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, U.S. Army Air Corps

Object number2010.1480

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Photography

Special Collections

World War II in Photographs

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.

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